Virtual Reality Tour of the New Fairview Heights Rec Center

From Belleville News-Democrat: You’ve read the descriptions and seen the artist renderings. Now you can take a virtual reality tour of the new Fairview Heights recreation center under construction.

The city has released a video that allows people to explore the inside and outside of the 58,000-square-foot center, which will be known as The REC. It’s expected to open early next spring on Bunkum Road.

“Everything is going real good,” said Project Manager Ryan Savage, of Holland Construction in Swansea. “We’ve been very productive (in the past month). The weather has been helping us.”

Holland broke ground in November. Workers have dug the basement and built and backfilled the foundation walls. They’re now putting up above-ground structural masonry block walls and pouring concrete floor slabs.